A cabaret venue full of people witnessed something on Monday night that I wouldn’t have believed was going to be possible a couple of days earlier. We had the concert and among about 20 singers, there were a few of us taking our first small steps in serious public performance. Among the aspiring and professional … Continue reading Now I believe she can fly
My Dad did many things in his life but there’s one thing he did that to me, feels like he achieved the impossible. He managed to leave me and each of my sisters with the quiet belief that we were his favourite girl. That wasn't a word Dad would have used, nor was it something … Continue reading Enough treasured stories of Dad to fill a book
In what has felt like one of the best years of my life, I’ve had one of my lowest and my highest moments of 2013 in the past week or two. The big high came on Monday night, seeing my good friend win a significant State level business women’s award that also puts her in … Continue reading Celebrating successful women – laughs, tears and all
People love to remember where they were when big events in history took place. Depending on your age, you might have a well-worn story about what you were doing when you heard about the death of JFK or Princess Diana, about the September 11 terrorist attacks or the Boxing Day tsunami? It connects our lives … Continue reading Chance encounters, lasting impacts
There’s only one rule of driving on the roads in Cambodia and that’s that there are no rules. At least that’s what one of my Phnom Penh-based friends told me while we were out driving the other day, but then he corrected himself. “Actually, there is one rule, the biggest one wins,” he said. We … Continue reading Looking for adventure, head out on the highway
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